Generation and complete characterization of intense mid-infrared ultrashort pulses

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 332-340

  Ventalon, Cathie ^a,b   Fraser, James M ^a,c   Likforman, Jean Pierre ^a,d   Villeneuve, D M ^e   Corkum, P B ^e   Joffre, Manuel ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^e NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INFRARED RADIATION; INTERFEROMETRY; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM COMPOUNDS;

DIFFERENCE FREQUENCY MIXING (DFM); INTENSE MID-INFRARED ULTRASHORT PULSES;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 33644910178     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.23.000332     Document Type: Article

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